Underwater Adventure Robotics Camp

Submitted by philbot on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 12:16pm.
06/28/2010 - 5:30am
07/02/2010 - 9:00am

We're holding our third Underwater Robotics camp at GEARS from June 28th to July 2nd. Registration is only $95, and campers will take their robots home with them. Here is a you-tube video of past camps.

Registration forms are online at: www.gearsinc.org/seaperch.pdf

The theme for this year’s camp is “Outdoor Adventures”. Camp participants will construct their own Remotely Operated Vehicles under the guidance of Underwater Robot specialist, Phil Malone, and then compete in a series of related competitions.

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Get a GEARS Membership.

Submitted by philbot on Tue, 01/23/2007 - 6:33pm.

Become a GEARS member and stake your claim on a fun future with robotics and technology.

GEARS is Garrett County’s year-round engineering & robotics “club”, which supports the existing FIRST Robotics teams as well as creating its own engineering competitions, camps, and robot construction projects.

Our motto is: Inquire – Invent – Construct - Compete

Membership fees are as follows:

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2010 Summer Technology Day Camps: Grades 3, 4 and 5

Submitted by philbot on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 2:32pm.
07/19/2010 - 9:00am
07/22/2010 - 12:00pm

Cost: Tuition is $95.00 per student.

Who: Any current elementary school student is invited to apply to attend any camp session. Students who apply must be in grades 3, 4, or 5 this school year. Up to twenty-four (24) students will be accepted in each session.

What: The 2010 Summer Technology Camp is an opportunity for students to expand their technology skills by applying them to real life applications. Students attending the camp will:

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2010 Primary Technology Day Camp

Submitted by philbot on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 2:30pm.
07/26/2010 - 9:00am
07/29/2010 - 12:00pm

Cost: Tuition is $75.00 per student.

Who: The Primary Technology Day Camp is open to any student entering the second or third grade in the Fall of 2010. A total of 20 students will be selected on a first come, first served basis as applications are received. A minimum of two teachers will be involved in the instruction and direction of the camp’s activities. We would also like to encourage you to consider being a parent volunteer for the week to work with the students as they build their projects.

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Everyone's back from Atlanta.

Submitted by philbot on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 7:45pm.

Well, all the travel, judging, practice, qualifiers & eliminations are over, and Teams 2818 and 1629 are back home, exhausted.

No awards were won, and no robots took any grand prizes, but it was a HECK of a GOOD time.

The teams met lots of cool people, showed off their skills to a huge audience, and learned some valuable lessons for next year.

These kids (young adults) never cease to amaze me with their positive attitudes and desire to excell.

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Waterloo Labs. A fun place to make cool stuff.

Submitted by philbot on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 3:26pm.

Here is a youtube clip of how to remote control a car (a real one).

Do try this at home!

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4-H Open house at GEARS

Submitted by philbot on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 2:55am.
04/11/2010 - 2:00pm
04/11/2010 - 6:00pm

Come join us at GEARS to see how your 4-H club can add robotics.

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2010 Summer Camp schedules are now posted.

Submitted by philbot on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 12:28pm.

We have lots of cool Summer Tech Camps planned this year.

Click on the "Tech Camps" and "SeaPerch" tabs at the top of this page for more details.

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G-FORCE team members meet Norm Augustine

Submitted by philbot on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 1:42pm.
G-FORCE team members meet Norm Augustine

G-FORCE FTC 4-H members were honored to have the opportunity to speak with Norm Augustine following the Business & Industry STEM Education Coalition event in DC last weekend.

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G-FORCE Speaks at the Business and Industry STEM Coalition Launch Event

Submitted by philbot on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 1:34pm.
G-FORCE Speaks at the Business and Industry STEM Coalition Launch Event

Garrett County’s local 4-H G-FORCE FTC team was invited to participate in an exciting Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) launch event on March 12, 2010 at the National Academies of Science and Engineering in Washington, DC. The students were honored guests, as this event was all about their future place in the workforce.

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